WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Megadeth - Looking Down The Cross Bass | Ver. 1
LOOKING DOWN THE CROSS (Bassline)
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1985 Album KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD!)
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Ellefson'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8 E q q q E E q q q E E q q q E
|------------||---------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------||o--------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------||o-2------------|-1------------|-2-------------|
|------------||----3--3--3--3-|---3--3--3--3-|---3--3--3--3--|
E q q e E E E q q q E E q q q E E q q q E
|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-1-------------|-5------------|-4------------|-5------------|
|---3--3--3-0-3-|---3--3--3--3-|---3--3--3--3-|---3--3--3--3-|
Pre-Verse
E q q q E 4x H q q W +W
|---------------||------------|----------|--------|
|--------------o||------------|----------|--------|
|-4------------o||------------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|---3--3--3--3--||-7----7--3--|----------|--------|
Verse
W +H. S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S E
|----------|-------------------||---------------------------|
|----------|----------10-8-7-8-||o-7-----7-----7-----7---10-|
|-0--------|-(0)---------------||o---0-0---0-0---0-0--------|
|----------|-------------------||---------------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|-(10)-----10-----10-----10-8-7-8--|
|------0-0----0-0----0-0-----------|
|----------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S S S E
|--------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-----7---10-|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0--------|
|--------------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S E
|----------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-(10)-----10-----10-----10-7-8-7-o||-------------------------|
|------0-0----0-0----0-0----------o||-0-0-0-0-2---3-0-0-0-4---|
|----------------------------------||-------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S E S S E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-0-0-0-7---8-0-0-10-0-0-|-12\-0-0-0-2---3-0-0-0-4---|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S S S
|----------------------------|
|-------------------10-8-7-8-|
|-5-0-0-0-7---8-0-0----------|
|----------------------------|
Bridge
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------2-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------5-4-5-2----o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------||
Solo
E S S E S S E S S S S E +E S S E S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-----7---10-|-(10)-----10-----10-----10-8-7-8-|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0--------|------0-0----0-0----0-0----------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S S S E +E S S E S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-----7---10-|-(10)-----10-----10-----10-7-8-7--|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0--------|------0-0----0-0----0-0-----------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S S S E
|--------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-----7---10-|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0--------|
|--------------------------|
Verse
Q=128
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(10)-----10-----10-------------|-------------------------|
|------0-0----0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-2---3-0-0-0-4---|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S E S S E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------------||o---------------------------|
|-5-0-0-0-7---8-0-0-10-0-0-||o-12\-0-0-0-2---3-0-0-0-4---|
|--------------------------||----------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S E S S 3x
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|-5-0-0-0-7---8-0-0-10-0-0--o||
|----------------------------||
Breakdown
W +W +W +W
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-12--------|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)----|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
Bridge
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 16x +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||-----------------------------------||------------------------------------|
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+S Q. E Q. S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S Q. E Q. S
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(0)------0------0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)------0------0--|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
Verse
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
+S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-|
|----------------------------------------------|
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S
||-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|
||o-(12)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-|
||-----------------------------------|
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-o||
|---------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-|
|--------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8--|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Solo
S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S Q q Q q Q q Q q
|--------------------------------------------||--------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------------------||o-------------|--------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||o-------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------------------||-----0-----0--|----0-----0---|
Q q Q q Q q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x
|-------------|---------------||-||--------------------|----------------------||
|-------------|--------------o||-||o-------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------|----------6-7-o||-||o-12----12-11----11-|-10----10------------o||
|----0-----0--|----0----------||-||------0--------0----|-----0----10--11-12---||
Chorus
1.,2.,3. 4.
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x Q E E Q E E
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||o---------------|---------------o||---------------|
||o---------------|---------------o||--------5--3-2-|
||--5--0-5-4--0-4-|-3--0-3-5--6-7--||-3--0-3--------|
Outro
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S E S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-2---3-0-0-0-4---|-0-0-0-0-7---8-0-0-10-0-0-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-12\-0-0-0-2---3-0-0-0-4---|-0-0-0-0-7---8-0-0-10-8-7-8---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
e. e. H +E +W +W +W
|----------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-0--0-----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-------1----(1)-|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths